Georgetown’s Street Photography

I believe you must have heard of Georgetown Heritage Celebration, the annual event held commemorating its fourth year being inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage Listing. I went down to Penang particularly for Georgetown Heritage Celebration to check out the event. It was amazing, full of colours and rich in cultures. I also managed to hunt down some of the steel-rod sculptures and mural paintings. For the purpose of this post, I would like to share my collection of Georgetown’s Street Photography during Georgetown Heritage Celebration.

This Indian Muslim girl caught my attention at the compound of Masjid Kapitan Keling as she was explaining how to play “Pallangguli” or Congkak India in Hokkien language to her Chinese friends. Minutes later, they were seen playing together. It is not uncommon to see Indians, Malays and Chinese conversing in Hokkien as their daily language in Penang.

These kids were staying at Lebuh Acheh where showcase of the Malay Heritage of Pulau Pinang took place. It was a group of youngsters singing to nasyid that woke this kids up. They came out from their home with powdery face.

A proud “supermom” just tattooed her “superman” junior so that he will grow up becoming a superman.

A girl struck a smiling pose for the artist to sketch her portrait. Penang is full with talented artists…

In a laid back town like Georgetown, you could do anything at the hallway of your house including cleaning water chestnuts for consumption like what the uncle did at his house along Jalan Muntri.

Either on a bicycle or on foot using an umbrella as a stick, Penang is dominated by oldies who carry 1001 Penang stories.

14 Living Story at Lebuh Armenian, a Japanese classical instrument played by this uncle evoked a classical feeling for passer-bys.

No time wasted. A trishaw rider spent his leisure time reading newspaper.

I first spotted this uncle at Jalan Kapitan Keling. He was on his duty sending laundry clothes to his customers’ houses. According to him, he will do the delivery and dirty clothes collection once a week. All at the price of RM50 per month.

A typical scene in the streets of Penang. This one was taken at Lebuh Chulia.

Saya beli, saya jual moment captured near Lebuh Kimberley.

The famous line clear mamak stall. Preettt….. Mamak blew the whistle and then, he said out loud, Line Clear as he pulled his thumb up. While he was doing all that, he mimicked for us to repeat “Line Clear” after him.

All dressed up for Indian Muslim Cultural & Heritage Celebration 2013. They were enjoying the free beriani.